Ballot-box.



M. A. HEINRICH.

BALLOT BOX. APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 26, 1911.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX ARTHURHEINRIGH, or GLAUCHAU, GERMANY. I

BALLOT-BOX.

Specifieation of Letters Patent. Patentd Dec, 17, 1912., I

Application filed. October 26, 1911. SerialNo. 656,966.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX ARTHUR HEIN- men, a subject of the German Emperor, and residing at Glauchau, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ballot-Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Thepresent invention relates to a ballot box such as used for the collection of voting papers and of the kind in which such papers are received in a rotatable mixing drum mounted in an urn-shaped receptacle. According to the invention the papers are fed into the drum by means of a funnel which 'is supported on the mouth of the receptacle and which projects into the drum, thus "servin at the same time torevent rotar movement of the latter While the voting'is in progress. The receptacle has a normally closed aperture in its bottom through which thevoting papers are discharged after the funnel has been removed and the drum turned for mixing the paper.

In the accompanying drawings the invention. 1s illustrated, F igurefl representing a vertical cross-section ofthe box, Fig. 2 a

' longitudinal section of the same, Fig. 3 a

I bridged by a centrally disposed body at of star-shaped cross-section. In the part c of the drum an inlet opening s provided for hinged cover 2' in which is made a slot 71-. Through said slot a funnel 7a, which rests by means ofa flange on the mouth Z of the urn, is projected with its lower end into the drum. In the bottom of the urn a discharge passage is provided which is normally closed by a hingedcover g. The rotation of the drum is effected by means of a crank 37 which is adapted to fit on a square stud 0 .on one of the journals.

The voting papers are dropped into the funnel Z: which feeds them into the drum through the slot h. As the papers cont-act the papers. This opening is'closed by a with the elements n and 9 they are turned 1 over and thereby distributed over the whole bottom surface of the drum. Rotary movement of the drum is meanwhile prevented by the funnel is. After the voting is completed the funnel k is removed whereupon the drum may be turned around a suitable number of. times for mixing the papers. Finally thedrum is set into the position indicated by dotted lines, in Fig. 8, and the covers 2' and gare opened for the extraction of the voting papers. When the ballot box is not in use, the funnel 7a and thecrankhandle t may be stored in the receptacle a.

I claim Ina ballot box of the character described; an oval drum formed of two parts connected 7 5 by means of inwardly projecting flanges, and a shaft of star-shaped cross-section carried through the drum between the flanges so as to cooperate with the latter for turning over and mixing the voting papers as they are being dropped into thedrum, substantially as set forth.

MAX ARTHUR HEINRICH.

Witnesses:

SIDNEY RICH, MAX J. BERMDORF.

' Washington, I). G.

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